Jože Tisnikar (26 February 1928 – 30 October 1998) was a Slovenian painter who was known for his egg tempera-style paintings of crows, dead bodies, funerals, landscapes and self-portraits.

He spent two years in the army in Pirot, Serbia, where he worked at a hospital ward and had his first contact with dead bodies.

[5] After his military service, he returned to his home village and soon moved to Slovenj Gradec, where he got a job at the local hospital.

He died in 1998 as a pedestrian in a traffic accident, shortly after a retrospective exhibition of his works at the gallery in Slovenj Gradec.

He is famous for his representations of crows and dark images of dead people, funerals, landscapes and self-portraits.